flapperdom
Definitions
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- noun The realm or sphere of flappers, or forward young women.
Examples
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What is it makes these young Englishmen always abandon full-blown maturity for flapperdom?
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There is no specific deadline between flapperdom and spinsterhood.
Dorothy Dix, 'Father Time Is Generous with Jolly Old Maid,' The Milwaukee Sentinel, June 18, 1927
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Fanny Ward, at the same gathering, remains, however, leading contender for eternal flapperdom. She is past 60, many years Miss Murray's senior, but the stranger would never guess it.
O.O. McIntyre, 'New York Day by Day,' The Miami News, December 9, 1931
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Joan, the only top actress who has bridged the years from flapperdom, was commenting on the more recent performers.
Bob Thomas, 'Joan Crawford Says Success Comes from Hard Wordk,' Reading Eagle, August 12, 1947
Note
This word combines 'flapper' and '-dom,' which comes from the Old English word for 'statute, judgment.' 'Flapper' may come from the 'flapper' meaning of 'young wild-duck or partridge,' which would flap its wings while learning to fly.
